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David A. Talbot
An adviser for Michael Vick is being charged with fraud for is role in conning at least 10 investors out of approximately $500,000. Mr. Talbot is being charged with promising investors weekly returns of up to 35%, but instead kept the money. The full article by Andrew...
Christopher G. Wright
The aide to councilman Jack Kelly was indicted for accepting money, gifts and the use of an apartment in exchange for helping two real estate developers and their lawyers in dealings with the city. The developers were also charged. The full article can be read here.
Albert Gonzalez, Maksym Yastremskiy, Aleksandr Suvorov, Hung0Ming Chiu, Zhi Zhi Wang, Sergey Pavolvich, Dzmitry Burak, and Sergey Storchak
The US Department of Justice has just cracked the biggest identity theft case ever. news.bbc.co.uk reports that the leader of the fraud used to be a secret service informant prior to selling more than 40 million bank card numbers. The article can be read here.
Hernan Arbizu
Aaron Siegel writes at investmentnews.com that Arbizu was arrested Monday in Buenos Aires on charges that he stole $5.4M from customers at UBS AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. If he is extradited to the U.S., he faces up to 30 years in prison and $5M in fines if...
The US Marshalls and Samuel Israel
Robert Schmidt from bloomberg.com reports on the U.S. Marshall's role in liquidating companies seized from fleecers. The full article can be read here.
Emmanuel Constant
The AP reported that Mr. Constant was convicted of operating a mortgage fraud scheme that cheated lenders out of $1.7M. He faces up to 15 years in jail when he is sentenced in September. Despite a 1995 deportation order, Mr. Constant was allowed to remain because of...
Reinhard Siekaszek
Mr. Siekaczek was convicted of corruption after admitting to setting up slush funds to pay bribes. He received a suspended two-year suspended sentence and was fined $170,000 for participating in making illegal payments by Siemens. Mr. Siekaczek was found guilty on 49...
Oil traders face US civil action
As the price of oil has risen sharply since last year, the watchdog has turned its focus on the activities of speculators. It is feared that traders have contributed to swings in oil prices. Bastiaan van Kempen, the boss of Chicago-based Optiver, a subsidiary of...